IDENTITIES

 

William Saville-Kent - Biologist, aquaculturalist, author.

 

T T Flynn - Professor of Biology, fisheries researcher, (father of Errol)


Rattenbury
family - James Rattenbury was born in 1870 and began fishing by gathering oysters in Little Swanport. This gave him enough money to move to Hobart to work and study. The study led to a career in the merchant marine that in turn allowed him to buy his first fishing boat in 1898. Based in Dunalley. In 1922 he took his son Harold to sea for the first time. Crayfishing was their principle interest and in 1988 Harold told me the story of their career that spanned just under 100 years.

Jaeger familyHandy Jaeger and his family fished from Dover for over a century. His grandfather and great grandfather were saw-millers who developed an interest in boat building. His father began fishing around 1917 and handy and his brothers joined the family profession as teenagers. When Handy told me his story in 1989 he had a son and grandson in the industry.

Cramp family - anglers and fisheries administrators.



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